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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Cong. Oversight Begins

By Marc Ambinder

Apr 27 2009, 11:34 AM ET Comment

"Swine Flu Outbreak and the U.S. Federal Response" -- that's the name of a panel that Rep. Henry Waxman and his energy and commerce committee are holding on Thursday. Watch for a half dozen other Congressional committees to get into act. Thought 1 -- all these early, enthusiastic, "oversight hearings" will take valuable time away from the political appointees who need to master their domains (meant pre-Seinfeldian.)  Thought 2 -- oversight ain't bad.


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